Layla is officially registered for kindergarten!! This excitement and jolly goodness comes just one day after the single worst kindgergarten physcial experience you can ever possibly imagine... EVER.
Dr. Kastner somehow magically had an opening late yesterday afternoon, so instead of just swinging by to pick up a copy of her shot records, I thought we'd go ahead and get the whole physcial out of the way, get her kindergarten-required shots over with, be done with whole darn thing and ready for registration today. I did mention the shots to her, but of course, down-played, and turned it into something good. And while yes, it would hurt temporarily, it would make her one step closer to being ready for school, which she is so uber-excited about. She fretted for a moment, but admitted that if she could have ice cream afterward, she would be fine. Well played.
Our appointment was scheduled for 4:50 and I think we finally got to actually see the doctor about 6:20. Yeah... running a little behind. At this point, Layla was tired, cranky, and starving. Great combo. Because Dr.K is awesome, he managed to perk her right up, play "games" throughout her entire physical and she did wonderfully. She is very tall for her age, her eye-sight is perfect (thank goodness), her balance is extraordinary, she was cracking him up with her answers to all his questions... she was on her game. Then he asked if we had talked about what was next, we both said yes. She understood she had to get shots, even though she didn't like it. Thanks for everything and he left the room. He must have flipped some sort of switch when he did b/c my adorable, funny little girl INSTANTLY changed into this kicking, screaming, sobbing MONSTER. The nurse stepped into the room and recognized right away it was going to take more than just the two of us. It. was. awful.
It was BY FAR the most traumatic thing I have ever put my child through. SHOTS. Ridiculous. I have never in my life seen ANY child, much less MY child, behave like this, ESPECIALLY over vaccinations! She was thrashing in a way you cannot even imagine, I kid you not, screaming awful, terrible things! *I* had tears streaming down my face. I'm not sure if it was because it was breaking my heart to see her that scared or because I was embarrassed or shocked... And literally, when it was over, she just stopped. Seriously, never seen anything like this. Of course, the nurses told me kids do it all the time- but not mine!! I was so shaken!
With that nightmare over with, she was ready for registration this morning! She practically ran thru the front door of the school! She introduced herself to every teacher in there. She kept asking how much longer until school starts, when can she meet other kids, etc. She wanted to start TODAY. The teachers LOOOVED her. They were so excited to have someone so excited and personable!
I am way over feeling sad or weird about her starting school because she is SO ready. I know how good it will be for her. We were playing 'school' yesterday, and stuff that she struggled with a couple months ago, she is just flying through now. She is already reading/recognizing some words, doing simple addition/subtraction, writing all her upper and lower case letters and numbers, identifying the states on the map, speaking quite a bit of Spanish and some Chinese/Mandarin etc. I can't wait to see all the changes this is going to bring for her! She is going to learn and grow SO much. August seems so far away, but it will be here before we know it!!
3 comments:
That is great that she is excited! Shots are hard enough when they are little...don't want to think about them when they are old enough to understand what is going on
Hi Amber. I'm a friend of and have worked with your mom for 22 years! (I'm at the hotel.) You and Brandon used to stay at the same babysitter as my kids - the Sledges, so I've sort of kept up with Dena's family milestones over these many years.
She sent me the link to your blog a few weeks ago and I've enjoyed watching your babies! They are just adorable.
This post made me belly laugh. Sounds just like how my niece used to act EVERY time she had to have shots or go to the dentist. Once she had to have 11 teeth pulled pre-orthodontia. She locked her mom out of the car in the parking lot and would not go in. It was quite the scene. So.........while I'd love to tell you this was a one time thing, it may not :( But hopefully she will remember that after it was over she was just fine and all will be good!
Glad you enjoyed your stay at the hotel! Take care and enjoy spring!
We registered C on Friday, too! So did you run yesterday??????
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